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Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo Patent Shows Freeform Display For (NX?) Controller/Portable

Luke888 on 10 December 2015
TruckOSaurus said:
I swear Nintendo is filling patents just to troll us simple forum dwellers.


Well, sometimes they give me the impression of them filling patents that have scrapped concepts just to try to get Sony and MS on the wrong road XD



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Luke888 on 10 December 2015
Random_Matt said:
Soundwave said:
The problem with "virtual buttons" is how are you supposed to know what you're pressing if you're not looking down at the controller entirely?

There has to be physical buttons otherwise I don't see how functional this could be.


Er, i don't look down at the buttons. You know what your pressing without looking.


I think you're basically saying the same thing as Soundwave, his doubt was refered to the fact that without phisical buttons you don't get the feel of pressing the right button... 



teigaga on 10 December 2015

The diagrams are so bad :(



Random_Matt on 10 December 2015
Luke888 said:
Random_Matt said:


Er, i don't look down at the buttons. You know what your pressing without looking.


I think you're basically saying the same thing as Soundwave, his doubt was refered to the fact that without phisical buttons you don't get the feel of pressing the right button... 

Oh, yeah probably.



baloofarsan on 10 December 2015

There is buttons on the back too:

Nevermind, I got it all wrong!



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freebs2 on 10 December 2015

The patent doesn't describe a controller, but a generic game apparatus.This concept could also be related to an handheld.



Pavolink on 10 December 2015

I've been reading the neogaf thread and it's basically:

"mobile is killing portables, market future is in Nintendo's hands, but don't make a mobile device!"

Can people be more ******?



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FromDK on 10 December 2015
Soundwave said:
The problem with "virtual buttons" is how are you supposed to know what you're pressing if you're not looking down at the controller entirely?

There has to be physical buttons otherwise I don't see how functional this could be.

It could use haptic feedback..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiCqlYKRlAA



Raven on 10 December 2015

Very strange concept, though I'm sure if the final product was based on this it will be a lot more refined.



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Soundwave on 10 December 2015

If this is the NX controller, it also shows they've been working on this for a while .... Nintendo signed the freeform LCD deal with Sharp 2 years ago.